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Brigham Young University. Indian Education Department

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1966 - 1981

Administrative History

The Indian Education Department (1966-1981) was an academic and administrative unit at Brigham Young University.

The Indian Education Department was established in 1966 as part of the General College as a formalization of the American Indian Education Program. It was responsible for both Indian students and those students preparing to work among Indian people, and provided academic, techical, and vocational training, as well as activities and academic support for Native American and Pacific Islanders at the university. In 1979, the department was moved to Nonmajor Programs in Student Life, and was merged with Minority Education in 1981 to form the Multicultural Education Department. Department chairs included Royce P. Flandro (1966-1973), John Raymond Maestas (1974-1979), and Virgus Con Osborne (1979-1981).

Citation:
The eagle's eye, Oct. 1975: p. 2 (Indian Education Dept., Brigham Young University)

BYU Organizational History website, via WWW, May 29, 2014 (Indian Education Dept., American Indian Education Dept.; est. 1966 as part of General College; formalization of earlier American Indian Education Program; served both Indian students and those students preparing to work among Indian people; provided academic, techical, and vocational training, as well as activities and academic support for Native American and Pacific Islanders at Brigham Young University; in 1979 the department was moved to Nonmajor Programs in Student Life; merged with Minority Education in 1981 to form the Multicultural Education Department; chairs included Royce P. Flandro (1966-1973), John Raymond Maestas (1974-1979), and Virgus Con Osborne (1979-1981))

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Multicultural Programs photographs, 1960-1990

 Series
Identifier: UA 5435 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives of images of events conducted by Multicultural Programs. Includes images from the Miss Indian BYU scholarship pageant, Tribe of Many Feathers, Lamanite Generation, and other student organizations. Also includes images featured in the Eagle's Eye. Materials dated 1960 to 1990.

Dates: 1960-1990

Multicultural Programs records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5435
Scope and Contents

Contains department scrapbooks, photographs, including slides, contact sheets and negatives, of events conducted by the department and student organizations, and copies of the periodicals Eagle's Eye and Buffalo Hide. Materials dated 1960 to 1990.

Dates: 1960-1990

Multicultural Programs scrapbooks, 1971-1988

 Series
Identifier: UA 5435 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks and loose scrapbook material such as letters, programs, clippings, and issues of The Eagle's Eye and Buffalo Hide. Materials related to departmental multicultural events, activities, and student organizations. Materials dated 1971 to 1988.

Dates: 1971-1988